Union suit.



J. D. MORLEY.

UNION SUIT.

APPLICATION FILEDYAPR. L0, 1912.

1,168,023. Iiatented Jan. 11 1916.

WITNESSES INVNTOR JOSEPH D. MORLEY I BY HIS ATTORNEY v COLUMBIAPLANOGRAPH CO.,WASHINGTON, D, c.

UNITE TATS FAINT FFIQFL.

JOSEPH D. MORLEY, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR- T SCOTT & WILLIAMS,INCORPO- RATED, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

UNION SUIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

1 '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, .Tosnrri D. MORLEY, acitizen of the United States, residing in Utica, New York, have inventedcertain Improvements in Union Suits, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my invention is to provide simple and eiiicient means forcovering the usual seat aperture in a union suit while yet permittingthe aperture to be readily uncovered when desired, the cover naturallyassuming the position for closing the aperture and dispensing entirelywith the use of overlapping folds or flaps in the crotch portion of thegarment.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a rear view of sufficient of aunion suit to illustrate my invention, my attachment being shown inposition to cover the seat aperture; Fig. 2 is a similar view showingthe attachment as adjusted to uncover said aperture; Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section on the line aa., Fig. 1, but on a larger scale thansaid figure, and Fig. 1 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but illustratinganother embodiment of my invention.

In the drawing, 1 represents the body portion of the garment, 2 theupper portions of the legs thereof, and 3 the usual seat aperture formedin the body of the garment. In order to cover this aperture I employ anapron 1- of any suitable textile material, preferably knitted fabricsimilar to that of which the garment itself is usually made, the top ofthis apron being secured to the body of the garment at or above the topof the aperture, as shown for instance at 5 in Fig. 1. At each side ofthe apron 4, shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is a hem 6, or other suitableform of guideway, for the reception of a strap or tape 7 which issecured to the garment at its upper and lower ends and constitutes aguide for the apron a when the latter is raised, as shown in Fig. 2, so

as to uncover the aperture 3, or is lowered, as shown in Fig. 1, so asto cover said aperture. The opposite guiding straps or tapes serve tomaintain the apron 4 in a laterally stretched condition so that when itis lowered it presents but a single thickness of fabric lying flatagainst the back of the garment and therefore causing no undue increasein the bulk of the same, all overlying folds or flaps in the crotch ofthe garment being dispensed with, thereby overcoming an objection tothat class of garments known as closed crotch union suits. Instead ofproviding the apron with hems or like guideways the same may have, ateach side,

apertures 8, through which the straps 7 are threaded, as shown, forinstance, in Fig. 4.

I claim:

1. A union suit having, at the rear, a. seat aperture, an apron forcovering the same, and on each side of said aperture a vertical tapesecured to the garment at top and bottom but free from connection withthe gar ment at all other points, said apron having portions whichengage the disconnected portions of said tapes and are verticallymovable thereon.

2. A union suit having a seat aperture in the rear, straps or tapes onopposite sides of said aperture, and an apron adapted to cover saidaperture, said apron being secured at the top to the back of the suitand having at the opposite edges guideways for the reception of saidstraps or tapes, whereby it is kept laterally stretched and guide as itis raised or lowered.

. In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH D. MORLEY.

Witnesses W. L. Tor, D. B. WILLIAMS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. O.

